Why
even keep districts around? It's time to swallow the pill we've been
holding under our tongue for 200 years: we live in a party system. Why
not just vote for the party? Each party can have a number of seats in
the Assembly proportional to the percentage of the vote it wins.

Maybe
other voices could even get heard. New York is unique among states in
that it has influential third parties. They rarely get elected to
office, however. If the Independence, Conservative and Working Family
Parties get a little say in the Legislature, it potentially can bring
new ideas to the table. The end consequence might be that new, workable
ideas spill into nearby states, and ultimately into national discourse.

As
long as there are districts, somebody will try to gerrymander them. For
those who are concerned that localities will no longer be represented
when districts are gone, there will still be the Senate.